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Object Number 99-11-10/52397
Display Title Skin scraper
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper. Blade missing.
Inventory Description Worked wood, flattened on one end and side, grooved on other sides, grooved at o
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Port Clarence
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 14.2 x 4.5 x 5.4 cm (5 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52397 / 44018
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1899)

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